Wagon-standard



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T. G. MANDT.

WAGON STANDARD.

No. 391,256. Patented Oct. 16, 1888.

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TARGE G. MANDT, OF STOUGHTON, VISGONSIN.

WAGON-STANDARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,256, dated October16, 1888.

Application filed March 1G, 1888.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, TARGE G. MANDr, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Stoughton, in the county of Dane and State of Visconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tagen-Standards;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto theaeeompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,and in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedwagonvst-andard as it appears upon the end of the bolster. Fig. 2 is aperspective detail view of the standard removed from the bolster. Fig. 3is a cross-section through the standard and one of its rings or eyes,and Fig. 4 is a detail View of one of the said rings or eyes detachedfrom the standard.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to wagon-stand ards (sometimes calledbolster-stakes made of metal; and it consists in the improvedcoustruction and combination of parts of a Wagonstandard of that class,as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A. designates one end of awagon-bolster provided with my improved standard or stake. The latterconsists of a bar of iron or steel rolled so as to form a flat part orface, B, which faces the wagonbex, and a longitudinal rib, C. Thelowerpart ofthe standard is provided with the usual tenon, D, the lower partof which is rounded and screw-threaded to receive a nut, E, whereby thestandard is held in place after the part D has been inserted through theusual aperture in the bolster. rIhe upper end or top part of the fiatface C is curved outwardly, as shown at F, and upon the rib O arebolted, a suitable distance apart, two or more eyes, (denoted by theletters G G,) which are of the peculiar shape shown in the drawings-thatis to say, each of these eyes (which are by preference made of malleablecastiron) consists of a circular part, H, and a flat part, I, formingapproximately a square corner, J. The part nearest this square corner iscnlargcd,as shown Serial No. 267,311.5.

at K, to adapt it to be bored through to forni a bolt-hole, L, withoutweakening the metal too much. The square part of the eye G fits into thesquare corner formed by the face and rib ofthe standard, and the eye isheld in place by means of a bolt or rivet, M, inserted through the holeL and through a corresponding hole in the rib.

It will be seen that the eyes G may be attaehed to either side of rib G,according to whether the standard is to be used on the right or on theleft side of the wagon, and it will further be seen that the enlarged orsquared part or corner J, by bearing against the inner side of the faceand one side of the rib,prevents the eye from turning after the same hasbeen fastened by means of the bolt or rivet M.

In order to fix the standard firmly in its position upon the bolster, Iemploy a pair of nietallic braces, N N, the upper ends of which arefastened by a single bolt, O, to opposite sides of the rib C, while thediverging lower ends of said braces are fastened by bolts, screws, orother suitable means to opposite sides ofthe end of the bolster, asclearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

From the foregoing it will be seen that this makes a very light butstrong standard, adapted to resist lateral pressure, and adapted toreceive extension-stakes, which may be inserted through the eyes G G insuch a manner that the lower parts of said extension-stakes will befirmly braced against the corner formed by the fiat faceplate and itsrearwardly-eXtend` ing rib. By rounding the upper part of the fiatface-plateIl outwardly the wagon-box may readily be inserted upon thebolster without catching against the top of the standard, and thepeculiar construction of the eyes G, as hereinbefore set forth andillustrated in the drawings, not only enables these eyes to be used oneither side of the central rib, but also holds them firmly in place, sothat they cannot turn or tilt out of their proper horizontal position.

Having thus described my invention,Ielaim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United Statesn Theeombination, with thewagon-standard or bolster-stake consisting, essentially, of a ilatface-plate and a rearwardly-extending rib,

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of one or more eyes for holding the extension. In testimony that I claimthe' foregoing as my stakes, said eyes having an enlarged angular own Ihave hereunto affixed my signature in vlo corner-piece adapted to t intothe corner presence of two Witnesses.

formed by the face-plate and its rib and to be 5 held securely inposition by means of a bolt or TARGE G' MANDT' rivet inserted throughthe enlarged square Witnesses: part of the eye and the rib of the stake,sub- 'IHORVALD C. LUND, stantially as shown and set forth. OSWALD F.KROPF.

